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L'Irlandais saint Fintan se trouve honoré aussi en Bretagne armoricaine. Il
est l'éponyme de la la paroisse de Logonna (diocèse de Cornouaille), ancien
prieuré de l'abbaye des augustins de Notre-Dame de Daoulas.
La forme ancienne (XIIème s.) donne Loc-Monna pour "lieu consacré à saint
Monna" : Monna, Munnu (de Mo-Onna, Mo-Unnu), formes hypocoristiques du nom
de saint Fintan. Ces diffèrentes formes se rencontrent dans les anciennes
litanies bretonnes (comme celles du Missel de Saint-Vougay, XIème s.). Elle
est à rapprocher aussi du nom d'un comte de Cornouaille, Daniel Unna, de la
liste du Cartulaire de Landévennec (milieu du XIème s.). Peut-être doit-on
déceler là les éléments d'une nouvelle "vague irlandaise" sur le sol de la
Bretagne continentale ...
j. l. raphalen
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Subject: [M-R] saints of the day 21. October
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> Today (21. October) is the feast day of:
>
> Ursula and a whole lot of companions (4th cent.?) At the heart of this
> legend is a Cologne inscription from c. 400 recording the restoration of a
> ruined church in honor of some local virgin-martyrs---Ursula and
> companions. The legend got more and more interesting over time---by the
> ninth century they were of British origin and there were "very many" in
the
> group. In the tenth century the number became fixed at 11,000 virgins,
> probably because somebody misread XI MV (undecim martyrs virgines) as
> "undecim millia virgines." The full legend reports that Ursula was the
> daughter of a British Christian king. She was betrothed to a
non-Christian
> prince, but got a three-year delay in the wedding. She spent her grace
> period cruising around in a ship with ten noble companions---each in a
ship
> with a thousand virgins. They reached Cologne, went on pilgrimage to
Rome,
> and then returned to Cologne. There they were martyred by the Huns when
> Ursula refused to marry their chief. In 1155 a large collection of bones
> was found at Cologne---*clearly* those of Ursula and co. (actually, some
of
> the bones were those of men and children).
>
> Hilarion (d. c. 371) According to Jerome, Hilarion was the son of
> non-Christian parents from Gaza. He studied at Alexandria and became a
> Christian there. After that, Hilarion visited Antony, but returned to
> Palestine. On reaching home, however, H. discovered that his parents were
> dead, so he gave all his goods to his brothers and the poor and became a
> hermit. His austerities and miracles attracted both disciples and
> sight-seers, to the point that he relocated several times to avoid them
> (getting as far as Egypt, Sicily, Dalmatia, and Cyprus.
>
> Malchus (d. c. 390) Malchus was born at Nisibis (Mesopotamia), the only
> son of wealthy peasants. He ran away to join some Syrian hermits in the
> desert. But when he went home to comfort his mother after his father's
> death, his caravan was attacked by Bedouin who carried Malchus off to
> slavery beyond the Euphrates. His master married Malchus off to a fellow
> prisoner, but they lived together chastely. Finally the two decided to
> escape. The master and companions caught up with them, but were killed by
> a lioness before they could harm the Christians. Malchus rejoined his
> hermits; the woman never found her husband, so she settled down to live
> near Malchus.
>
> Fintan Munnu (d. 635) Fintan was an Irishman of the Ui Neill clan, who
> trained as a monk and eventually decided to settle at Iona. This caused
> problems, however, since Columcille had jsut died and his successor
refused
> to receive Fintan. So Fintan went home and founded the monastery of
> Taghmon.
>
> Tuda (d. 664) Tuda was educated in Ireland and became bishop of
> Northumbria just after the synod of Whitby to replace Colman of
> Lindisfarne. Bede praises his good and devout life (and his adherence to
> Roman practices). He died in the plague of 664.
>
>
> Dr. Phyllis G. Jestice
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